FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 7, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAS by 8 at halftime and won 104–101.

Final
DEN93
PHI83
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +10
Final
POR84
NYK93
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +23; Q4 NYK +9
Final
GSW88
OKC104
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +16
Final
SAS101
UTA104
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Dec 7, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (BOS @ IND), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ UTA

Utah fights back from 8 down against San Antonio

Final: 104–101, after trailing by 8 at the half. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-8+10+3UTA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS31261925101
UTA24253718104
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 22, 26, 28, 26, 24, 35, 21, 27UTA27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 14, 10, 21, 24, 22, 11, 18, 17UTA17 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Matt BonnerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 12, 23, 3, 2, 16, 2, 3, 28SAS28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 16, 24, 20, 21, 22, 16, 26, 23SAS23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ PHI

Philadelphia's skid reaches ten

Denver won 93–83; the 76ers fall to 5–16. Chauncey Billups led Denver with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
Lvs MEM97–102L@ CLE91–97L@ WAS107–108L@ BOS110–113Lvs ATL86–100L@ SAS89–97L@ DAL102–104L@ OKC106–117L@ CHA105–106Lvs DEN83–93PHI: last 10 games through Dec 7, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 20 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 17 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 31

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 5, 19, 32, 14, 22, 13, 18, 31DEN @ PHI · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 12, 25, 16, 21, 19, 28, 22, 31PHI vs DEN · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 34, 37, 42, 18, 45, 15, 24, 33, 31GSW @ OKC · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 35, 19, 28, 33, 25, 33, 36, 28OKC vs GSW · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Matt BonnerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 3, 12, 23, 3, 2, 16, 2, 3, 28SAS @ UTA · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 22, 26, 28, 26, 24, 35, 21, 27UTA vs SAS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Al ThorntonLAC+5.1 18.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.0 29.7 last 10 · 24.7 season
James HardenOKC+3.8 13.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+3.6 24.9 last 10 · 21.2 season
Michael BeasleyMIA+2.8 18.2 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Chris KamanLAC−3.2 15.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
Chris BoshTOR−2.9 21.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Matt BarnesORL−2.9 4.2 last 10 · 7.1 season
JJ RedickORL−2.2 6.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−1.9 25.2 last 10 · 27.1 season